Mid-Kansas Model T Tour - Photos

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 04:47 pm:

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we all survived. And after a couple days of recovery, I'm ready to talk about it. Just kidding-we had a great time. We had 21 Model T's and 1 Stanley converge on McPherson from 4 states. Here are some photos.
From Windom:






Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 05:03 pm:

Sorry about the double photo. Here are a few more. Note the dusty wheels. Nice touch of authenticity, I think.





Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 05:06 pm:

Last batch.
Thanks for looking.






Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By George Clipner-Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 05:59 pm:

Coowal, perfect time in Kansas to be running around.
Are one of those sedans,perhaps Steve Jelfs "Mystery T" ???


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 06:05 pm:

Is the cream/brown one an Autowa body?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerome Hoffman, Hays KS on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 07:48 pm:

Mike, the Car is owned by Gary Hylton and is an Ames. He's been to CA twice and ran the ocean 2 ocean in 09 in it. His estimate of the miles on it are 75-100K.
The weather was PERFECT!!!!!. Had a great time. Great lunch on Sunday.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 09:27 pm:

George, I don't think so. I haven't had a real good look at it, but I think both the sedans pictured above are too shiny to be it.

My "good" T was sick, so I drove up in modern iron on Saturday to take a few b&w shots. I'll post them after I get the film developed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Woods, Katy, Texas on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 09:49 pm:

Chris, where in Kansas did the tour occur? I suppose from the photos that it was a small town with some old buildings.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 09:50 pm:

The sedans were: black 1926-Bill Wolf, gray 1926-Gary Paulsen (Fronty-powered), green 1927-Larry Sparks. All three ran great.
I agree Jerry, the weather was great.
Steve-it was good to see you-I look forward to seeing the photos.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 09:54 pm:

Terry, we were based in McPherson. Over the three day tour, we went to Windom (first photos), Marquette, Mentor, Salina (photos near RR tracks), Lindsborg, Inman and Galva. The buffalo were in Maxwell Wildlife Preserve, near Canton. The scenes from the road were various points between.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 10:35 pm:

I did take a couple of digital shots.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 11:38 pm:

I'd know the gray/silver speedster anywhere, Mike Vaughn was there. Looks like a great tour.

Chris, see you at Hershey.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Vaughn on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 12:42 am:

Chris,

Thanks for a great weekend! We will have to do it again!

Rob- you should have joined us. But it looks like you were busy working on the K transmission.

Mike


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 11:41 am:

Thank you for the compliments. We had a lot of fun doing it and we are already talking about doing it again next year.

Mike-thank you for making the trip down. Great to get to know you.

Another photo of the Hylton's Ames-bodied Touring and the Sparks' 1927 Tudor.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Micheal Crowe on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 10:41 pm:

It was a great time even with the switch trouble I was having. Thank you for doing it. Nice job!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 10:56 pm:

Four other pictures are here: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/313082.html?1348702731.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:15 am:

I knew that car didn't looked like any Stanley I ever saw.
Looks like it was a great tour.
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:20 am:

Yes, I saw the Stanley in the first photo! That looks like Stanleys I have seen.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:26 am:

Here's another photo of the Stanley. It's a 1922 Model 735A.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By tyrone thomas on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 09:40 am:

Was I the only coupe the entire weekend? Thought Keith and I could stay only for a short time due to both having family concerns, we both had a great time. Met many good and friendly people.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Paulsen on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:00 am:

There were two coupes at different times during the weekend. Yours and Bud and Karen Redding had their 1926 on Friday. I'm glad you could join us.

Mike and Mike, I'm glad you and your wives made the trip. Thanks for coming.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Vaughn on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:30 am:

Here is what happens to the nylon timing gear when the alternator froze up. :-( I was fortunate that it happened in the motel parking lot at the end of the day.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith d lawson on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:45 am:

Beautiful cars ,great friendly people , fantastic weather . Wish could have ben therefor whole thing .
Anybody have picture of shooting anvils ?
Thank you for a great first time event , for you guys as well as mine .
If you do it again next year . Consider this my early registration .


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:53 am:

Thanks for the super pix.

Mike, it looks like it might have save the crank gear and reduced alternator damage. That's the first nylon gear failure in a T I've seen mentioned.

Do you have any cooling for the alt? I drilled all the holes I could in the case of mine. Remember, they have a fan on the original pulley.

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:53 am:

Thanks for the super pix.

Mike, it looks like it might have save the crank gear and reduced alternator damage. That's the first nylon gear failure in a T I've seen mentioned.

Do you have any cooling for the alt? I drilled all the holes I could in the case of mine. Remember, they have a fan on the original pulley.

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 10:56 am:

Mike, I can send you a fiber replacement.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Vaughn on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:34 pm:

I don't consider the gear a failure, I consider the alternator the failure. I put the alternator on the car a couple of weeks ago, it had less than 100 miles on it when it failed.

Ricks I think drilling those extra holes is a good idea.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry Ostbye on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:44 pm:

Rick, So do I . . I have one on my car and don't want to experiance the same thing.. Must look into this.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Vaughn on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:45 pm:

Steve, we could swap, we should be able to get the same mileage out of either one of the gears. :-)

Actually I have already made the repair with an aluminum gear and for now I'm just going to use the old generator, it works fine.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry VanOoteghem on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:57 pm:

Ralph,

Some alternators have an internal fan. However, I've always been skeptical of those whose fan has been removed, as in your case. Add to that, the fact that it's now bolted tightly to a very hot engine block.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry VanOoteghem on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 12:58 pm:

Mike,

It's hard to tell in your photo but it looks like your gears are not in time.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Vaughn on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 01:44 pm:

Timing mark on crank gear is not very deep but it is in time.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 02:55 pm:

If you gotta' have an alternator, belt-driven is best. Dunno whose this is, but a good example.



Years ago I bought a 12v VW bug alternator with the through shaft so I could attach a waterpump.

When I get around to it...


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